Cannon Connections staff A leading engineering and technical services company has received a $75 million contract to support intelligence at Cannon Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, Fla., according to a Monday news release from GlobeNewswire. According to the news release, the United States Air Force Special Operations Command has awarded the three-year contract to […]

By: Tech. Sgt. Melinda Morris: 27th Special Operations Wing Equal Opportunity Office The 2012 theme for Black History Month is “Black Women in American Culture and History”. Black History Month is a Department of Defense-recognized special observance to honor the contributions and achievements of all Americans to the American culture and to increase awareness, mutual […]

Cannon Connections: Christina Calloway From left, Leslie Scott, Laura Sammons, and Danielle Cowart are three military wives and mothers dedicated to helping other military wives with the struggles that come with being married to military men. The women are facilitators of the 10-week workshop, Loving Your Military Man hosted at Central Baptist Church in Clovis. […]

Cannon Connections: Alisa Boswell Cannon Air Force Base Senior Airman Amber Coker plays with her dogs, Ivory, left, and Koda, in her new home in Portales. Both dogs were adopted by Coker and her boyfriend, Darrin, via the Internet while the two were deployed overseas. Alisa Boswell Two Cannon Air Force Base personnel members made […]

USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley Pergola at the Drop Zone By 27th SOW Public Affairs As Cannon Air Force Base, continues to grow, various construction projects have been implemented to accommodate the base’s rapidly growing demands. The 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided the information and […]

USAF: Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal A pilot with the 522nd Special Operations Squadron flies an MC-130J Combat Shadow II aircraft, over the skies of New Mexico, Jan. 5. The 522nd SOS, assigned to Cannon Air Force Base, flies the MC-130J which provides capabilities such as in-flight refueling, infiltration/exfiltration and aerial delivery resupply of […]

Christina Calloway Cannon Air Force Base will be cutting 53 civilian positions but a spokesperson said Thursday that doesn’t mean 53 people will lose their jobs. According to a press release from Cannon public affairs, 26 of the jobs being eliminated were already vacant and hadn’t been filled. Of the remaining 27 people being affected […]

Johnson Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Steven M. Johnson, formerly stationed at Cannon Air Force Base from 1998-2002, will receive a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from Wayland Baptist University, Lubbock, Texas, campus on Jan. 13. Steve is a 1975 graduate of Alamo High School in Alamo, Tenn. He served his country honorably for 25 […]

By 27th SOW Public Affairs A base-wide power outage is scheduled for from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, at Cannon Air Force Base, to include Chavez West Manor military family housing. The outage is required to allow contractors to install custom-made parts for the base power substation, which will help prevent future outages. Base […]

USAF: Senior Airman Jette Carr Courtney Wesley, jujitsu trainer and coach, examines U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marc Hightower after he was inadvertently jabbed in the eye during a Mixed Martial Arts Competition Dec. 10 in Clovis. Though temporarily blinded in one eye, Hightower, an airman in the 27th Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron at […]

By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer Monday’s harsh combination of wind, freezing rain and snow contributed to multiple road closures and a fatal accident in Curry County. Four people were killed and two others were injured in the two-vehicle collision on U.S.60/84 east of Melrose, according to Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller. Waller said about […]

Cannon Connections: Tony Bullocks Santa Claus and his wife make their way down the fire truck on their way to The Landing to meet and greet children at Cannon. By Airman 1st Class Alexxis: Pons Abascal: 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Air Commandos kicked off the holiday season at Cannon Air Force Base, with […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has withdrawn from an international conference on stabilizing Afghanistan to protest the deadly attack by American forces on its troops, widening a fresh rupture in ties with a nominal ally that is endangering the U.S. plan for gradually ending the war. In an unusually hostile comment, a top Pakistani army general […]

Laura Smith: Courtesy photo An Angel Tree currently sits in the Cannon Air Force Base BX with the names of the children of Cannon personnel. Program coordinator Laura Smith said the program’s goal is to give the children of struggling military families a winter coat and at least two toys for Christmas. Alisa Boswell Cannon […]

I never thought my passion for blogging about the comings and goings of my family would lead me to pursue a position as a columnist, but here I am and I am happy to be here! By way of introduction, Cannon Air Force Base is my family’s first Air Force home. I am an Alabama […]